FE T/Os dated 23 October 1953

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP60-00538A000100150026-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 5, 1998
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: October 27, 1953
• Content Type: MF

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MfDRANDUM FOR: Chief., FE
SUBJECT : FE T/os dated 23 October 1953
1. This staff is in receipt of referenced document which
apparently proposes about 20 technical support type positions for
FE field.
2. This staff does not concur in this proposed Tlo as tech-
nical support for any conceivable level of operations will be totally
inadequate under these conditions.
3. An indication of some of the more glaring inadequacies is
as follows:
A. Only one man is provided for all technical support
of all operations in 25X1 A6a
B. No TBS type personnel whatsoever are provided for
training in any TSS-type techniques in-
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0. No provision is made for any supervision of the
document reproduction shop at = 25X1A6a
D. Only one S/w chemist is provided for the entire FE
area in spite of the fact that two are there at present and
so overworked that request has been made to train two case
officers to assist them in some of their more mechanical tasks.
E. All field testing of R&D items is reduced to one man.
F. There is no provision for any F&E activity anywhere
in the area. It is now being done at - 25X1A2d2
G. The area will have only five photog-lab technicians
in the face of a need so great that eleven more have been
recruited and are processing.
4. on 14 April
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4. on 14 April 1953, the Senior Representative approved a
technical T/O of 69. Since that time there has been an overall
reduction of approximately 25% in the FE field strength. Even on
the basis of a pro rata reduction 52 would appear the minimum which
could provide technical support. Such support was admittedly in-
adequate at the time the 69 mn T/O was drawn up, when 58 were doing
TSS-type work and nowhere nearly meeting the demand.
5. In the FE area we have the clearest picture of the failure
of operation after operation because of inadequate technical support.
6. There have been failures in the past due to insufficient
technical and authentication support. The proposed T/O would sub-
stantially reduce our present under-staffed capability. C/TSS as
the DD/P's staff officer in this activity cannot refrain from calling
to the attention of DD/P in the strongest terms, the utter inadequacy
of proposed technical support in the FE and the resulting probability
of an increased number of operations ending in failure for lack of
technical and authentication support.
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Chief, Technical Services Staff
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